Cushioned horseshoe.



. G. E. MOKINNON.

GUSHIONED HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.4, 1911,

1,042,943. Patented 0013.29, 1912.

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WITNESSES: I m gA/mR a E @wga/f c/fi imrzozw BY r ATTORNEYS y is bent downward. forming 3: and along, the inner edge lugs 4, having 0091" of this point in be obtained "UNIT- osh GEORGE n'nv'me Mcxrnnon; or inmate-J rnL'Ls, j minty. JE'RsE I 'cr'rsriroitnn nonsnsr'rom 1,042,943. .Specificatt lassaic and State 'of New' Jersey, have in-f rented a new and Improved Cushioned Horseshoe, of which the following is a -full, clear, and exact description.

comprises means for cushioning thefoot-fall of the animal wearlng the same. Tlnjjs end l attain by detachably securing to the under side of the shoe a strip of rubber or other suitable material, which forms a resilient. tread for the shoe. l 1 I i leference is to be had to the accompanging' drawings forming a part of this spe'ci cation. in which the same characters of reference indicate the- \'ie vs.

Figure 1 isaperspectiye viewof myimproved horseshoe; Fig. 2' is av transverse ver-' tical section thereof; F ig. 3 is a bottom plan of the shoe itself, with the resilient tread removed gand Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional View, of the resilient tread or cushion.

My horseshoe comprises a body 1, made of atla-t strip of metal bent into propershape, and having'holes 2 therein'to receive the horseshoe nails, by means of which the shoe is secured to the foot of the animal Wearing the same. The outer edge of the horseshoe a rim or flange of the shoe are formed at suitable intervals 11 number ,of

threaded perforations to re-' ceive the headed bolts 5. I

The resilient tread of the'shoe-is indicated at 6, and this tread is held in place on the under side of th same parts in all the course screwed in until thev hold the tread G tightly in place. The rubber tread 6 ex-- tends entirely around the shoe from one end to the other. The rubber trend 6 is made up of a lower section 7, consisting entirely of rubber, and an upper section 8. This upper section is formed of alternate layers of rube shoe by means of the flanges 3 and the bolts 5. The bolts 5 are of i together.

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i the fiP'Ii f a f, an I the bolts ;5 are the tread 6. is

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a cap 1115; of canvas-orv other l stout elotli, thesides' of which extend-down belowthe top 'of the section 7, and are suitably secured thereto; "lfhis-holds-thetwo sections 7 and8 I together, andat" the; same jtime makes "the str ng to resist 1 layers of canvas or coarse "cloth" reinforce the treadthrough cutting-the trea as 'they could notgfail' to' do if thesame were made of rubber through; out. I By" means 7 of alliorseshoe' constructed. as described above, theioott'al-l of the animal: wearing the'same' is cushioned, Wltli' the Te ordinary metal shoes now inuse. WNhenever Wornou't, it can be. detached. by looseningfthe, bolts 5, and another tread substituted. In :this I shoe is never worn out, and the labor iofre shoeing the a'niinal, by -.removing the hails from the hoof and taking off the shoe eh; Having thus described my .inx ention, I

tirely, is' saved. 1

claim as new ters-Patent:.

A tread for cushioning horseshoes, comprising a lower section made ,of resilient material, and an upper, section comprising alternate layers of resilient material and reinforcing materiahand a capif or the top of'the upper layer, said cap consisting of reinforcing material and eiz'tending'down ward overthe sides of the upper section, and attached along its lower edges to the to of the lower section to hold the twofsecti'ons In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this snecification m the presence of two subscribing,witnesses.

. GEORGE ERVING MCKINNON. Witnesses VHJJAM FRANCIS Loonnr, IIENRY IRVINGrHALLf addressing the "Commissioner of htentli "byth s 'constructioh grevel'ited from piercing or 3 6 5 gsultthatthe animal is fatigued much lessby the days work. thanr 'is'the' case with the Way #thebody of the.

and desi e to secure by Let 

